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Re:Drones are taking off in the oil industry, especially in ... by flyinglizard on Sunday September 20, 2015 @07:41PM (#10249652)
We (Phobotic) are developing an inspection specific, long range gimbal payload (EO, IR and other sensor options). Its a significant market, perhaps the first real place commercial drones can make actual money. Powerlines, rails, mining, oil and gas, all require good coverage and willing to pay.

Oil rigs are one thing (they are relatively small), but if you want to inspect piping over a long range there's a real challenge with getting usable data out of your sensors (without having to fly the drone within yards of the surveyed object, of course).

Re:Drones are taking off in the oil industry, especially in ... by votingprawn on Monday September 21, 2015 @05:53AM (#10251278)
Are you talking Cloud Cap style turret gimbals? If so I'd be interesting in hearing more, as we're always on the hunt for more payloads for our larger (20kg) fixed wing aircraft.
Re:Drones are taking off in the oil industry, especially in ... by flyinglizard on Monday September 21, 2015 @10:27AM (#10252476)
Similar, but very light (sub 2kg) and probably cheaper, and much higher image quality on the visible spectrum (1080p without any digital stabilization).

Will be happy to hear from you - roee at phobotic is my mail.